| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-380) and index. |
| Contents |
Auguries -- Man of action and a passionate woman -- Adventure real and imagined -- Two rival mothers -- Still water -- Fear of freedom and the lure of suicide -- Reasonable marriage -- Reality of marriage and the precarious suspension of disbelief -- Call of the wild -- Travesty of marriage - Petit Jules -- Becoming Sand -- Paris from the provinces -- Exquisite dissection -- Exploring another self -- Musset and madness -- Pagello, Paris, and politics -- Maurice's notorious mother -- Form the real to the sublime -- Creativity and compromise -- History past, present, and future -- Eden -- Son and lover -- Communion. |
| Summary |
Follows Sand's life from her birth in 1804 through her work as a minister of Propaganda during the Revolution of 1848, her relationship with Chopin, and her work in the radical politics of her day. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. James H. Poivan, Professor of History, Emeritus. |
| Subject |
Sand, George, 1804-1876.
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Sand, George, 1804-1876. |
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Women novelists, French -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Women novelists, French. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Novelists, French -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Novelists, French. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Jack, Belinda Elizabeth. George Sand. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf, 2000 (OCoLC)682229984 |
| ISBN |
0679455019 |
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9780679455011 |
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